Magic and the Dead
A Harry Potter/HighSchool of the Dead Crossover
By Sheya
Chapter 4 Dead in the Rain
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AN: So I lost my beta who was a great beta because they would take my passive sentences and turn them into great aggressive sentences. Oh well I will just have to work harder to make sure I don't use passive sentence, though I am better now than when I started I can actually see it in my work, I think I just needed to make that connection seeing the difference. The first third was betad several times by me the last third I went over once I will go over it again when I start the next chapter.
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The first that the police at the school knew of the group was the few Them turning towards them. The group, ran barreling down the street, towards the school gates taking out the inferi left right and of course center. One of the officers commented on how silent the guns were. Another said that guns don't get that silent. Officer Miyamoto Tadashi looked at the group with gasp of recognition.
"Rei?! Kiriko?!" He rushed to the gate to open it for them.
"Inside… Make sure They don't follow us; Luna, Hermione seal the gates so They can't get in. Reducto." Harry cast the spell in as wide a range as he could taking out at least ten of the group that was chasing them.
Hermione and Luna went to either side of the gate and started inscribing runes on the wall and gate to reinforce them both. Takashi's group continued to shoot Them and Harry and Draco started casting wide area bombarda curses at Them.
"Alright the wall and gate are unbreakable and will seal shut when the gate closes everyone inside!" Luna called to her new and older friends.
As the group poured in Harry and Draco covered them. Hermione and Luna slammed the gates shut.
"Your friends…." Rei's dad trailed off as the two boys on the wrong side of the gate both jumped into the air and flew over the gate on brooms of all things. "So, Kiriko…. you once said that I would never need to know anything about magic?" he asked turning to his wife.
"Well in the normal flow of things probably not. This is not normal by any stretch of the imagination."
"True. Rei? Can she do that?" He asked.
"From what I can tell yes but she is untrained."
"Very well. Now what?"
"Officer Miyamoto." A police captain barked.
"Yes sir." He turned around saluting.
"Do you know these people." The Captain gestured to the newly arrived group.
"My daughter and several of her friends as well as my wife and several people I have never met. Though I know at least two of them by sight."
"And your daughter and her friends are working with the ones who flew?" asked the captain.
"Yes they are mages, I know our mages were nearly wiped out in Hiroshima but these seem to know what they are doing." Tadashi explained. "Though they must be from one of the old families to be to proficient."
"Well no… they are English. But I did look around to find training for Rei… I found a school near here but she chose to stay in non-magical schooling." Kriko said.
"I see… and can we use anything they have to save these people?"
"The black haired boy has an estate that is safe. Though I don't know how safe… Why though isn't the government going to come pick these people up?"
"They were but we did not realize how many would survive. There are way too many." the Police chief said.
"Nakaona Asami reporting for duty sir." Asami saluted to the chief.
"I see and where were you from?" the chief asked.
"Asami was a traffic officer. Sempai and Asami gathered some survivors in the mall and organized them, then sempai left to get help and never made it, luckily that group came and saved everyo… well there was that idiot who left the door open, but everyone else. Asami chose to join with Takashi-san and Harry-san instead of going to Harry-san's safe place because Asami wanted to help more people."
"Very well Officer Nakoana, If you don't mind me asking I thought training would break you of the habit of saying your name instead of I?" The chief asked.
"Well Asami tried to break that habit but could not and Asami came across as stupider stumbling over words like that… Harry-san said to talk the way Asami felt most comfortable because that is how Asami is supposed to talk. Just as Luna-chan is supposed to talk about crumple-horned snorkacks?"
"I see very well carry on… you do seem to have become more assertive then your profile has indicated if it helps go ahead. It's not like the police really exist anymore anyway." The chief nodded. "Could you get Harry-san and Takashi-san and ask them to see me?"
"Yes 'sir." she saluted and ran off to Harry and Takashi who were trying to calm Rei down because she saw Shidou."
"I'm sure Saya's dad can handle him and if he can't well I control the wards I can exile him anytime." Harry was saying.
"But he can talk his way into anyone's confidence…."
"Then I will send him and anyone with him to a lesser property. And he won't be able to control anyone but those with him."
"Aya… Sorry to interrupt, but the chief sent Asami to get Harry-san and Takashi-san. He wishes to speak with you."
"Hold that thought Rei this Shidou you are telling me about reminds me of Tom Riddle who went on to become a very powerful Dark Lord in Britain. But first I need to know the situation here, there seems to be far too many people here for a few helicopters to pick up." Harry looked at Takashi who nodded. "Stay with Rei Asami, we may be cleaning up this mess soon."
Takashi and Harry walked over the chief.
"Sir you asked for us?"
"Yes, you see I have a problem I have far more people than were anticipated and we will not have room for all of them but I have been told you have a solution?"
"I have portkeys to one of my estates here in Japan. It's a doubled estate which means it has at least twice as much land as it looks like on a map. Actually it has about 3 or 4 times as much land as you see on the map it's been doubled at least twice or thrice over." Harry stated. "Though we do have a problem… you see a teacher at Takashi's school is here however he is also the man who, to get back at her father who was investigating his father, he held her back a year unfairly. And also when they were escaping the school he had a group of teens with him that he was brainwashing and Takashi does not see them here. And encouraged these kids to attack students they did not like even before this catastrophe. I will not have people who would undermine the rightful establishment on my estate…. I already need Saya's dad to control the ones I unknowingly added to my estate. I will not knowingly add people who would undermine me, or Saya's dad my chosen overseer, to my estate." Just as the chief was about to reply to Harry, his goblin phone rang.
"Hold that thought." Harry opened his phone. "What?" ….. " Very well." he snapped the phone shut. "What's left of the magical side of your government just dropped themselves and the Emperor and his family on to my estate. With the help of the Goblins. I will doubly not have known dissenters and sons of crime bosses on my estates now that the Emperor is there. It's bad enough that my Queen has to listen to my fat racist and chauvinistic Uncle I don't need two Rulers mildly annoyed to downright pissed at me."
"Very well what do you suggest then?"
"Well I have some minor manors that we can send him and any followers to they can self-destruct there."
"Very well it is a good idea. Come all of you have everyone meet in the auditorium."
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As everyone settled in to the seats they looked around nervously, talking with neighbors about what could possibly be happening. Shidou caught a glimpse of Rei and smirked thinking he could corrupt her friends if he could isolate them. The Police Chief walked to the stage and started speaking.
"Several days ago an outbreak happened. The outbreak was very much like a horror film Zombie Apocalypse. Now our government decided to set up safe points around the city however that was before a missile Blew up above up and sent out an EMP field taking out all the electronics except the hardened ones. Now we know that the government will be sending helicopters to pick up people starting here however when this was planned we never imagined that so many people would make it to this safe place. We do know that the other safe areas do not have nearly as many people and we have found that this was mostly because Takagi-san's Father a Military Leader decided to set up a safe zone of his own. Most of them have been removed to safety already. Takagi-san and her friends decided to move on helping where they could epically when they found their new friend Harry could send people to safety. Now Harry-san has a safe place however he is not willing to let anyone who can't follow his rules inside. So those who cannot follow the lead of a teenager please raise your hands?" About 1/8th of the group raised their hands. "Very well you will go with the Helicopters and that remedies the space issue there. We will be handing out portkeys and putting people in to groups. There are only so many people that one portkey can take. "
The chief left the stage.
"So we have the groups that the Officers believe will be going to the different estates. Group 1-4 will go to my main estate. Group 5 will be going to a much smaller estate that has several other people that Takagi-sama was not sure about. Group 6 has Shidou and anyone seen agreeing with him. They will go to a nice little estate with some fields for farming and some animals for milk, eggs, and meat if needed, it also has a fully stocked fishing pond. And lots of game and books on hunting, fishing, skinning, and cooking." Harry stated holding out the numbered rings.
The groups were brought to the auditorium. "Alright everyone you will now be divided in to groups of ten or less. You will be sent to Harry-sans home in a half hour." The Police chief stated. The officers started putting people together, most of the groups were people who knew each other from before others were groups that gravitated to each other once they got to the school."
"Officer why are we in these groups?" Shidou asked.
"Because most people find that traveling with people they know is easier on the nerves then traveling with people they don't know."
"I see." Shidou frowned it seemed logical but to him something was off most of the groups were ten people two of them were a person or two less. But the officer was right the groups were of people who knew each other.
"Alright when I count to ten your portkeys will activate and take you to safety so make sure you are holding on tight… one…." Harry started the countdown.
Everyone turned to their expanded hoops and held on tight. When Harry reached ten the portkeys all vanished with their burdens.
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When Shidou landed with his group of minions he found himself in a lovely courtyard of a lovely Manor house. There was plenty of room for his group. They explored and foun a farm with animals and planted plots out back. But there was no one else there. Not the large groups of people that Harry spoke of.
He walked in to the house and found a note appearing in the foyer.
"Dear Shidou,
I hope this letter sees you well, unfortunately since you were outed as a manipulative little rat bastard by Rei and her friends I unfortunately could not let you on my main estate.
A house elf will look in on your group from time to time to make sure you are healthy and not wanting anything. The Larders are full and all food is in stasis, which means it will never spoil. You can put anything in the "refrigerator" and it will go in to stasis. In other words if you put a steaming cup of soup in then take it out three years later it will still be a steaming and fresh as the day you put it in.
There are animals on the farm, a bull and cow for breeding and milk, several calves. Twenty hens, and a rooster. For eggs and chicken. Two horses Male and female, you can breed them and used them for transport. Sheep, male and female, for wool to clothe yourselves. There may be others like rabbits and such you will have to search.
You can leave the wards. Be warned if you do you will be vulnerable to Them. There was a town outside the wards before the world ended I could not tell you if it still exists. If it does and you rescue anyone there you will have more members of the Cult of Shidou I am sure.
If you leave the words and get bit you will no longer be able to return through the wards, be careful if you want to survive until they either decompose or are whittled down to more manageable numbers. And also the wards are several miles out, I chose this estate for you because there are physical markers where the wards end there is also plenty of room to build, as you have both males and females in your group you may find yourselves with children in the future. So you may want to expand beyond the manor house.
I do hope you prosper and have a good life, if you wish you may tell the house elf that you want to bring in more people than the nine you had brainwashed. I will send them to you.
Also there are several books in the library which will tell you all you need to know to run the farm. In the study you will find all the needed information on what the farm houses animal and plant wise. Until you moved in the estate was maintained by house elves. So it should not be lacking. And one other note for you the farm is inside special wards the slaughter house for the animals you wish to slaughter is outside these wards. You should not need to slaughter any animals for several years. But the wards prevent harm to the animals and the plants. You can still pick them but if you try to trample them you will not be able to and each plant will always be in the perfect season for growing and harvest. If you plant a pumpkin the wards will adjust for that plant if you plant green beans next to it the wards will adjust for both plants. Try not to tax the wards or your winters could become harsh if you do not husband your resources properly.
Harry.
Shidou crumpled the paper but really could not hate Harry, while the boy did not need to provide such a perfect home for him and his followers, he did exile them from the main estate… but maybe this will work in his advantage in a few years when there were more of them they could try to take the main estate.
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The rest of the groups were either welcomed with a similar letter or with Saya's dad.
The helicopters came on time and the group going with them departed. Harry and Takashi's group stayed behind because Sensei wanted to look for her friend. There was a place they said they would meet if everything went to hell in the world and they survived. Sensei knew her friend survived because of the aborted phone call. So once everyone had gone where they wanted the group set out again for the rendezvous of Sensei and her friend.